Poverty Rate in Douglas County, CO
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
3.8%
Rank #5/3,222 · #1 in CO
100th
Douglas 3.8%
CO 9.4% -60.1%
US 12.6% -70.1%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Douglas County's poverty rate of 3.8% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Douglas County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2 | Stanton County, KS | 1.5% |
| #3 | Nantucket County, MA | 3.2% |
| #4 | Los Alamos County, NM | 3.5% |
| #5 | Douglas County, CO | 3.8% |
| #6 | Rich County, UT | 3.8% |
| #7 | Calvert County, MD | 3.9% |
| #8 | Hunterdon County, NJ | 4.0% |
About Poverty Rate
Douglas County, Colorado has a poverty rate of 3.8%, ranking #5 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 70.1% below the national value of 12.6%. Within Colorado, it ranks #1 of 64. This places it in the 100th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.